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W. H. RUSSELL ELECTRIC GAR TBOLLEY.

No. 564,395. Patented July 21, 1896.

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PATENT. OFFICE.

\VILLIAM H. RUSSELL, OF NEWVOASTLE, CANADA.

ELECTRIC-CAR TROLLEY.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent NO. 564,395, dated July 21,1896. Application filed October 31, 1895. Serial No. 567,5974. (N0model.)

To aZZ 1071,0717, it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. RUSSELL, of Newcastle, in the Province ofNewBrunS- wick and Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Electric-Oar Trolleys; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention, which will be hereinafter fully set forth and claimed,relates to trolleywheels for overhead wires for electric cars.

The object of my invention is a trolley v wheel carrier or bearing thatshall make the wheel less liable to be thrown off the wire.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved trolley, shown on thetrolley-arm. Fig. 2 is a front view of the same without the trolleyarmand without guard. Fig. 3 is a rear view of the same. Fig. 4 is avertical section of the same through the center parallel to Figs.

2 and 3. Fig. 5 is a vertical section of the same through the centerparallel to Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a transverse section of the same on line 66, Figs. 2 and 3; and Fig. 7 is a top view of the guard, takenapproximately at a right angle to the trolley-arm.

A frame of three parallel tubular bearings, a small one, A, 011 eachside and a thicker and longer one, A, in the center, is formed byconnecting them rigidly by two cross-pieces A, one at each end of theshort tubes, allowing the long one to project below. To this frame isrigidly secured a hub B by means of a plate I) integrally formedtherewith, and which is bolted or screwed to the lower cross-piece A andto two intermediate cross-pieces A, said hub forming a socket forconvenience of attachment of the frame to the end of the trolley-arm T.A wheelfork is formed of a cross-head C with two tines or arms C, inwhich the trolley-wheel thus between arm and wheel.

lock-nut d, a central slide D, adapted to slide freely in the centraltubular bearing A. This central rod .is of the same thickness as theside rods, although 7 the bore of the central tube is larger, but it islonger, to suit the greater length of the bearing. Upon said centralslide-rod is coiled a spiral spring D, abutting at the upper end againstthe locknut d and at the lower end against a collar a, secured to theend'of the hearing A and having a bore reduced to the diameter of theslide-rod D, for which it forms a bearing or guide. A collar or lock-nutd is secured upon the lower end of said central slide-rod D to preventsaid rod leaving its bearing.

. It will be seen that the spring D extends into the barrel or centraltube A and coin 'trols the position of the fork O O relatively to theframe A A A, which is fast on the trolley-arm T, causing the fork toslide freely on the frame and forming a yielding or elastic connectionbetween frame and fork, and This elastic connection will prevent, or atleast largely help to prevent, the wheel V leaving the conductor WV.

To bridge over the angle between the trolley-arm T and the arms 0' ofthe wheel-fork, or rather the wheel 7, a guard G is provided, as shownin Figs. 1 and 7. This is a light rod having one end g forked and thefork ends pivoted to a sleeve or clip G, placed upon the trolleyarm andthe other end formed into a long hook g, adapted to hook and slide upona bail G, which is rigidly secured to the fork-arms C in an upwardly andforwardly slanting position. Should the trolley leave the conductor WVand run against a cross-wire, the guard G will cause the latter to slideover the wheel W and prevent it entering the angle'formed by thetrolley-arm and the bearing A B O and wheel V, while the hook g, slidingupon the bail G, will allow the guard G to yield with the springhearing.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination with a trolley-arm of a framerigidly connected with saidarm and consisting of three tubular bearingsconnected by cross-pieces, a fork consisting of a cross-head having armsor tines in which the wheel is journaled and three slide -rods adaptedto slide in the tubular bearings, a spring coiled upon the central rodand pass ing into the central bearing of larger bore and greater length,a collar at the end of said central bearing forming a bearing for therod and stop for the spring, a trolley-wheel journaled in the arms ortines of the fork, a guard-rod forked at one end and hooked slidingly atthe other, a sleeve or clip upon the trolley-arm to which the forked endof the guard-rod is pivoted and a bail rigidly secured to the arms ofthe Wheel-bearing passing around the trolley-wheel in front andsupporting the hooked end of the guard, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with the trolley-arm of a frame rigidly connectedwith said arm and consisting of three tubular bearings connected b'ycross-pieces, a fork consisting of a cross-head having arms or tines inwhich the wheel is journaled and three slide-rods adapted to slide inthe tubular bearings, a spring coiled upon the central rod and passinginto the central bearing of larger bore and greater length, a collar atthe end of said central bearing forming a bearing for the rod and stopfor the spring, and a trolley-wheel journaled in the arms or tines ofthe fork, substantially as set forth.

The combination of two parallel slidebearings connected by cross-pieces,a springbarrel between said bearings, a hub or socket the central barreland a collar at the end of said barrel forming a stop for said springand a bearing for said slide, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination of a frame consisting of parallel tubular bearingsrigidly connected transversely, a spring-barrel between said bearings,means of connecting said frame to the trolley-arm, a cross-head havingrods slidingly supported in the tubular bearings, a central rod on saidcross-head passing into the spring-barrel, a spring upon said centralrod bearing against a tubular collar at the end of the spring-barrel,means of contact with the conductor on said cross-head a sleeve or clipon the trolley-arm, a guard-rod pivoted to said sleeve or clip and meansof supporting the upper end of said guard-rod in line with thecontact-piece substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed in the presence of the undersignedwitnesses.

XVILLIAM H. RUSSELL.

\Vitnesses:

GEO. A. TUILLE, J. CHARLES Moons.

